Portal:London transport/Anniversaries/31 May

31 May

• 1915 – Metropolitan Railway completes "fast lines" between Kilburn and Willesden Green.
• 1934 – A crash of an Air France transport aircraft into a navigation beacon shortly after take-off from Croydon Airport kills 2.
• 1946 – Heathrow Airport opens as London's main Airport.
• 1948 – Central line extends from Newbury Park to Hainault.
• 1956 – The helicopter shuttle service between Waterloo Air Terminal and Heathrow Airport ends.
• 1997 – British Rail closes the Elmers End to Addiscombe Line.
• 2015 – TfL Rail begins services between Liverpool Street and Shenfield as the first stage of the Crossrail service implementation.